around about

idiom

: approximately : roughly
We got home around about 8 o'clock.

Examples of around about in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fowler: Obviously in most seasons of Love Island, there’s a Casa Amor around about halfway, and either the girls leave or the boys leave the villa. Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023 In total, the flight typically takes around about three hours from New York City, one hour from Miami, and a little over two hours from Charlotte, North Carolina. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023 Both called local police first, who then contacted state police around about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, Bivens said. Marc Levy and Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023 McNee said the caterpillars were first noticed in Wisconsin in the 1980s and became a problem around about 2000. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2023 But around about a hundred years ago, all those waterways were redirected to farms, and the lake bed itself got plowed and cultivated for crops. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023

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“Around about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/around%20about. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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